AN: WARGH! I hate typos and mismatched points. I apologise again team for those.
As all of you will have seen, the part where Santana was pacing I said that Rachel and Brittany were colouring on the floor before saying they were all eating dinner. I apologise, I thought I had edited everything properly. SIGH.
The scene is taking place at dinner, Rachel was supposed to be eating quietly. The colouring bit was actually an earlier edit when everything took place in the living room but I changed my mind and moved it to the dining room as they were all eating together, I thought I had picked up on all of that. I will do my best not to fluff up like that again.
Anyway, I hope you will enjoy this chapter as we will focus on Santana practicing her powers and soon we will see the kids go to camp which will then be a fluff piece; the calm before the storm because you all know it's coming. Lol.
Also, one scene SPOILER from the film At The Devil's Door - I will do my best not to reveal too much.
Chapter 9:
"Santana sit your butt in that chair," Alma commanded as Santana kept pacing...again.
"Santana, you can hold Mr Tibbs," Rachel offered as she held up her bunny for the Latina.
"That's okay tiny," Santana said as she huffed and then sat down in the chair as she watched Jenny, Judy, Alma and Maribel stand around her.
Earlier, once everyone had finished their breakfast that morning, the mothers had called the school and said that their children would be out of school for the day due to illness of some nature; which the school being what it was just took their word for it.
Rachel's fathers were finally reached and they were horrified to hear about what had happened.
"You'd think we remember to call them the moment this happened," Judy had said as she had waited for them to answer the phone.
As the conversation continued between Judy and the Berry men; she told them that they had Rachel in their care and she was protected before telling them what they were planning to do. The men wanted to come home, they had to see their daughter but Judy advised against it.
"That demon will use any vantage point it has to hurt Rachel, don't come back just yet, how long is your trip for anyway? And why is Rachel all alone?" Judy had asked.
"We discussed it and we thought it was safe enough for her to be alone, nothing out of the ordinary had happened in a while and she has her necklace, she okay'd it with us and she's also sixteen, she's old enough to be on her own, we thought she had friends she'd go see," Hiram had said.
Judy couldn't answer to that part.
"We can always come back," Hiram had said to her.
"No, continue your trip, how long are you away for?" Judy had said.
"Another three weeks, but this is our daughter we can come back,"
"No, you will be targeted and we can't risk that,"
"Then please call us everyday,"
"I will, oh, and do I have your permission to let Rachel go on a Camping Trip with the Glee Club?"
"Will she be safe there?"
"No safer than she is here with us, but I will be there, I volunteered as a parent supervisor, and Jenny Cohen-Chang is coming too,"
"Okay, that makes us feel better, please, keep us posted, and tell Rachel we love her,"
"I will,"
And when that conversation was over, the four older women made sure to fix the wording of their incantations so that the demon, for now, wouldn't be able to attack or hurt the girls in anyway, as well as making sure that they themselves were now protected.
"We can take no chances now," Alma said.
"But what if the demon is tricking us again? What if the incantations and trinkets don't help?" Brittany asked.
"For persistent things like that, that is always the risk but we can try anyway,"
Brittany just sighed.
The ritual to unlock Santana's ability didn't take too long and by the end of it the Latina didn't actually feel any different.
"I don't feel different," she said as Rachel walked up to her and sat on her lap and gave her a smile, "Hey Tiny,"
"Mr Tibbs wants to say hi to you," Rachel said as she offered Mr Tibbs to Santana, "What is he saying to you?"
Santana held the rabbit doll in her hands and looked at it, "I don't," she started then said, "He's sad, very sad,"
"Why?"
"Because the person who gave him away was very sad, they cried,"
"Oh,"
Santana looked at Rachel very seriously before saying, "Your mother really loved you Rachel, but she was young and she didn't know what to do or how to work around the law to see you again, but she loved you, back then anyway, but Mr Tibbs has seen your tears too,"
"That's because he's my only friend who listens to me when I cry,"
"Not anymore, okay Tiny, you got me, you got B, Tina, Mike, and you definitely have Q, okay,"
"'Kay,"
Santana pulled Rachel into a tight hug as Brittany snapped a photo of that moment.
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As the day wore on, Santana found that the lessons weren't so bad either they were just tiring, she learnt a lot from her abuela and her mother. Rachel did too, but the child had a short attention span so they'd have to take breaks more often. Tina was with her mother and Judy looking more into the demon and the history or how they could perhaps defeat it while Brittany and Quinn were looking into the history of the area to see if they could contact anyone else about how to stop the demon or how it even got through.
"This is highly fascinating," Quinn said, "I never knew how much history was literally on our backdoor,"
"Hmmm, creepy stuff too," Brittany said.
"Well I'm bored out of my mind," Santana said as she walked into the living room with a bottle of water only to smacked disapprovingly on the head by Alma who was walking behind her, "Ow,"
"So, anything?" Alma asked as she sat down ignoring Santana who was currently rubbing the back of her head.
"Well, in Rachel's area there was a history of violence and satanic rituals, dates all the way to the 1900s but nothing earlier than that," Quinn said.
"Her house was built by the Sherman family, they moved here from Salem during the Witch trials but there is no mention about them doing anything with witchcraft," Brittany said as she handed her notes to Alma.
"Hmmm," the old woman said.
"I'm not finding out as much," Tina said, "Stuff we already know, but I do know that the one we're dealing with is very high level, according to the Western hierarchical system anyway,"
"What exactly does that mean? Do these things adhere to laws of culture?" Quinn asked.
"Possibly, it seems that they adhere to the traditions of the area, interesting really, quite literally the 'they have the power we give them' mentality which grew over time until they became self sustainable, but that's pure conjecture,"
"Hmmm,"
"Just one moment, I'll be right back, I need some more water, anyone want more water?" Tina asked as got up to go to the kitchen and everyone else declined.
"Girls, where's Rachel?" Judy asked as everyone looked around. Worrying and wondering where the child disappeared to.
At that moment Rachel ran through the living room with a white sheet over her body. Nearly tripping over a footstool because she didn't have eye holes.
"The hell you doing?" Santana asked.
"I'm being a ghost," Rachel said through the sheets, "It's for you to practice,"
Santana just looked at her as Quinn laughed while Brittany was trying hard not to. The mothers and grandmother did laugh.
"Okay?" Santana continued.
"See, boo, I'm a ghost, or am I something else?" Rachel said as she raised her arms a bit.
"Oh you're definitely something else,"
"Yay, your powers are working,"
Santana just looked at Brittany before saying, "Why is it that sometimes I'm talking to just the four year old and other times it's like I'm talking to the sixteen year old?"
"Because the sixteen year old is there sometimes but at the moment it's mostly the four year old, c'mon, I know you think it's cute," Brittany answered.
"Yeah, yeah,"
"Why is there a ghost in the living room?" Tina asked as she walked through the doors into the living room with a glass of water.
"It's to help Santana practice," Rachel said through the sheets.
"Ah, good, did she do well?"
"I dink so,"
"You dink so?"
"Yeah,"
"Okay, that's good,"
"So, Moms, Abuela, since tonight's Friday, can the girls and I have a sleep over and watch movies? My brain hurts from training," Santana said.
"And I think my eyes are going cross from staring at a screen," Quinn added as she pleaded with her mother with her eyes.
"How about this?" Judy started, "Since my house isn't so far away, you five can stay here at Santana's house,"
"Five?"
"Yes, you, Tina, Santana, Brittany, and Rachel,"
"Oh right, Rachel, heh,"
"Oh no, you forgot me," Rachel said with her bottom lip quivering.
"No, no, I wouldn't, no, don't make that face, please," Quinn begged as she looked at Rachel.
"But you forgot me,"
"No, I thought you were going to go with my mother,"
"But I want to stay with you,"
"You are staying with me,"
"Huh?"
"Nevermind, you're staying with me, okay,"
"Yay,"
"And be mindful of what you're watching, okay," Judy said sternly, "Now, Maribel, Alma, are you okay with those four staying here with Rachel?"
"As long as they don't read things they shouldn't, yes," Alma said.
"I'll make sure," Tina said.
"Good, right, vamos, I want some gin and tonic," Alma said as she got up from her chair.
That evening after the four girls put Rachel to bed, they decided to watch scary movies since of course they figured with Rachel in bed. They started with 'Ouija', then moved on to 'At the Devil's Door'.
Tina had commented here and there about Ouija and showing her new found friends (because if you think about they are newly friends) the dangers of playing with a Ouija board, "Even if this was a movie adaptation, there are still dangers," she had told them.
While watching the second film, Brittany couldn't help but comment about fifteen minutes into the movie, "Sanny, why are you on the screen?" she asked.
When Santana made no reply, Brittany nudged her really hard.
"Huh? What? What happened?" Santana asked as she opened her eyes and as Quinn paused the scene.
"You fell asleep didn't you? You're not giving this movie a chance," Brittany said in a slight annoyance.
"No baby it's not that, I'm just tired, Abuela was kicking my ass like a lot with this power thing, sorry, what did you ask me?"
"Why are you on the screen?"
Santana turned and looked at the screen to see her doppelganger looking right back, "Um, pretty sure that's an actress who looks like me, besides I'm way hotter," Santana said smugly.
"You are," Brittany said as she kissed Santana's chin.
"What did I miss anyway?" Santana asked as she rested her head on Brittany's shoulder.
Brittany filled her in on the current plot.
"So I missed creepy stuff, okay, cool, after being lifted into the air I don't really want to see that happen to doppelganger me," Santana said.
"It hasn't happened to doppelganger you, it may but I'm not sure yet if she's a main character or not, it happened to the girl at the beginning, either way it's just a movie San," Brittany said.
"Some things are based on legends, with those based on facts," Tina said.
"Thanks T, feeling so secure now," Santana said.
"Back to the movie?" Quinn asked as the others nodded.
"Yeah, why the hell are we watching spooky stuff anyway when the spooky stuff is happening to us?"
"We're lovers of fictional scary, besides this should be okay, right?"
"Hmmm probably, no idea what your mother meant by being mindful of what we watch,"
Quinn just shrugged her shoulders as the four continued to watch the film, Brittany occasionally hiding herself against Santana's neck.
"WAAH!" Brittany screamed making Santana scream, which in turn made Tina scream, making Quinn yelp and fall off the couch.
"What? What?" Santana asked.
"This movie, no, no, no," Brittany said.
"We can stop it,"
"No, you guys are still watching it, it's just, demon, in body, literally, and S, what if that's what that thing wants to do to Rachel?"
"Okay, stopping the movie," Quinn said as she switched it off. This was now creeping her out and making her imagine the large demon trying to wear Rachel like a costume suit.
"You know that the next part is interesting right?" Tina said trying to move on with the subject but still talking about the film.
"You're seen it already haven't you? Why didn't you want to watch something else?"
"Yep and I don't mind seeing things again, anyway, the next part Vera's sister appears to her in a dream, did you know that in Thai culture they believe that if you dream of a relative who has passed on that they are trying to tell you something important? I remember a friend of mine telling me that, when my grandmother passed away she appeared in my dream, my friend asked me if I remember what my grandmother said because it's important to know what they're trying to tell you, I thought it was neat actually, to be able to talk to our loved ones again in our dreams,"
"I did not know that, what does Vera's sister say to her?"
"That the thing is looking for a host,"
"Okay, we're not watching the rest of this movie until we can calm ourselves down,"
But before anything else could be said the television turned itself back on and continued playing the movie.
"The hell Q, I thought you turned it off?" Santana said angrily as Quinn looked startled, "Oh no,"
"It won't turn off," Quinn said in fear.
The movie rewound to the part where the demon broke out of the girls body before it fast forwarded to another scene where Vera was attacked, before going back to where Vera was searching through the house and then moving to where the demon showed itself.
"Turn it off," Santana said.
"I can't," Quinn said in a panic as Tina tried to turn the television off but it wouldn't.
"Sanny, what's going on?" Brittany asked in fear.
"Call your mother Q," Santana said as Quinn started to do so, "I'm going to get Baby,"
"You're mine," a sinister voice whispered making Santana pause and look.
"I can see you,"
"Of course you can, and you are mine,"
"No she's not," another voice said. The girls turned to see Rachel standing there at the door of the living room. Her sixteen year old self was making herself known. Quinn wondered why Rachel had her eyes closed.
"You see the screen there, your body will be my vessel, my way of moving in this plane, the loophole for us to properly interact with this world, I start with the Latina, since of course they won't let me have you, perhaps I should do to her what that creature did to the Latina on screen,"
Rachel opened her eyes and the girls gasped, Rachel's eyes were completely black, "I told you to leave her ALONE DEMON," Rachel said as started to shake the house.
"Good, good, use your power, show me what you've got, what will be mine,"
"Rachel, stop," Quinn said as she tried to reach the little girl.
"You STOP," Rachel said as she held out her hand to keep Quinn away from her before looking back at the demon, "I am sick to death of you demon, you and your prickish ways, get the hell away from me, from this house, in the name of God I command you to GET THE HELL OUT,"
"NO!" the demon started as Rachel let out an angry yell and started to attack the demon using objects from around her before sending him crashing.
The demon struck back making Rachel crash into the door. But she stood up and glared at him.
"Not possible, who the hell has you?" he hissed.
"I have myself," Rachel answered, "In nomine patris et filii et spiritus sancti, I command you to get out of this house, get out and leave us alone demon, go back to your hell hole,"
"I will be back, this isn't over," the demon yelled as he was made to disappear with an angry yell. Then all became eerily silent.
"He will grow stronger, you know this," Santana said as she stood next to Rachel.
"I know, so we better find the answer soon, because he's going to start recruiting," Rachel said looking up at the Latina.
"Recruiting?"
"Fight one on one, you have a fifty-fifty percent chance at wining a battle, but to win a war you need minions, you need beings who are willing to do your bidding and that demon has gone back to the shadows for now to bid his time, sharpen his claws, so while he works, so must we,"
"You're partially back, is there a way to turn you back to your sixteen year old self?"
"No, only if I'm dead or when this is over, when he's truly trapped and destroyed,"
"Then let's hope for the latter,"
"Indeed, as for this movie, you may want to stop watching, for now," Rachel said as she flicked the television off with the snap of her fingers before she turned off the DVD player, "Perhaps something more cheerful like 'My Little Pony'; oh, and remember to call the mothers and grandmother, they need to know about this,"
"You could stay you know,"
"You know I can't, keeping a sixteen year old mind in a four year old body too long and it will start to damage the four year old, I can't do that to myself, my body would break apart and the demon will have a gateway in, he knew this,"
Santana just nodded her head at that, "What about your eyes?"
"Ask your abuela, for me personally it's just my powers showing, that's all,"
"Okay Tiny,"
"Oh, and Santana,"
"What?"
"I'm not a baby," Rachel said a she closed her eyes and fell to the floor.
Quinn ran to pick her up, "Rachel?" she started.
Rachel opened her eyes and looked at Quinn, "Hi Quinn, is it morning already? Can I have a pop tart?"
"I think she's good Q," Santana said with relief as she put in a different DVD to get their minds off the current events, making sure to call the mothers and grandmother in the process.
AN 2: I'm not sure how many "cute" chapters ending with scary will be left as soon the nitty gritty creepy will start. But I will warn you now that there will be character deaths coming up. I obviously won't say who but they are coming. Just to warn ya of potential scary tissue moments...if that makes sense.
And yes, I have just recently watched 'At the Devil's Door' interesting movie. Creepy with jump scares; and yes, I do know that within the time frame of their ages the movie hasn't actually existed yet.
Anyway, until next time team.